In a year in which he beat cancer, roots rocker Scott Marshall also had a professional triumph Sunday, hauling in a record 12 wins at the 18th Lehigh Valley Music Awards, including Best All-Around Performer on both the fans’ and industry voters’ ballots, and the new top-honor Fans Choice Award.

The sweep, in a three-hour ceremony at Musikfest Cafe at ArtsQuest Center in Bethlehem, broke a decade-old record of 10 awards set by singer Sarah Ayers when the ceremony was in its infancy.

Last year, Marshall had tied the record for performance awards with nine; Ayers’ record included an award for running an open mic night.

Marshall noted that shortly after releasing his album “Faith Hope Music & Love,” which won Best Album, he was diagnosed with a cancerous kidney tumor.

“It was a rough year in 2016 and a rough start of 2017. That’s been a fight and all of you have been very supportive,” Marshall said in accepting the award. “That means very much to me. Thank you, friends and fans. This is all for you.”

Marshall, a veteran of more than 20 years in the area music scene, was so dominant that he won as many awards as the next five most successful artists combined.

A veteran and a newcomer tied for the next most with three awards each.

Dave Fry, a Valley folk-and-childrens-song institution who last year got a Lifetime Achievement Award for his 50-year career, won three awards, as did youthful singer-songwriter Jordyn Kenzie, who last year won the Discovered Artist award.

Among Kenzie’s wins was a surprising Best Female Artist nod.

“The talent I was up against was amazing,” Kenzie said in accepting the award. “So thank you all.”

PHOTO GALLERY: The Lehigh Valley Music Awards 18 Sunday at Musikfest Cafe at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem.

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But the night was a clear display of the music community’s support for Marshall, who this fall had surgery to remove the tumor. Just two weeks ago, 1,000 people turned out at a fund-raising benefit concert for him at Maingate nightclub in Allentown.

In addition to the top awards, Marshall won for Best Singer-Songwriter and Male Artist on both the industry and fan ballots; for Best Album for his “Faith Hope Music and Love”; and Best Song for “Hope on the Cross.”

He also won Best Country Band and Best Fusion/Bluegrass Band with his group the Hillbilly Souls, and Best Americana Band with his group Marshall’s Highway.

The only awards for which Marshall was nominated that he didn’t win were Best Acoustic Guitarist, which went to veteran Valley guitar standout Craig Thatcher, and Marshall’s Highway bid for Best Band/Duo, which went to The Large Flowerheads for the sixth straight year — tied for the third-longest current win streak at the awards.

The awards mean Marshall has been nominated for 69 honors and won 35 in the past six ceremonies. In the past eight awards ceremonies (none was held in 2013), no one besides Marshall has won more than seven in a year.

Marshall's Highway guitarist Phil Pilorz also was honored with a 20-year Veteran Award.

Marshall said the awards showed how blessed with talent the Lehigh Valley is. “For many years as a kid all I wanted was to be a part of the music scene,” he said. “I’m just a kid from Allentown and I’m blessed to be among them.”

Fry won awards for best Child Audience Music Performer, Folk Band/Soloist and College/Community Radio Personality. Kenzie also took honors for Youth Band/Soloist Not Associated with a School and Youth/Teenage Performer.

James Supra, another frequent winner in recent years, picked up two of the three awards for which he was nominated. He won for Blues Band/Soloist, and by winning Best Harmonicist kept alive the awards’ only unbroken win streak.

Supra lost Best All-Around Performer to Marshall.

Fusion Jazz Trio also kept alive the awards’second-longest streak by winning its eighth-straight award for Best Jazz Band/Soloist.

In addition to again winning best Band/Duo, The Large Flowerheads also extended its streak for winning Best Website, as www.TheLargeFlowerheads.com took the honors for the fifth year in a row.

Even in accepting the award, band drummer Moe Jerant invoked Marshall.

“I got something to say to you, Scott Marshall,” she said. “Keep up that good work, dammit.”

Rick Flores, president of the Greater Lehigh Valley Music Association, said he was pleased with the ceremony, on which he said the group had worked hard.

“As I like to call it, the most important night in the Lehigh Valley music scene.”

Rock band leader Chelsea Lyn Meyer, who this year set a record for the most nominations for a female with 13, took just one award, for Best Volunteer.

Midnight Studios won for Best Recording Studio for the sixth year in a row, tied for the awards' third-longest streak, and producer Andrew Chervak won for Best Producer for the fifth straight year.

Hard rockers Cherry Bombs won for Rock Band, as well as Loud Rock Band for the third year in a row. Cherry Bombs guitarist Tony DiLeo also was among the ceremony’s 20 Year Veteran Award winners.

The Holmes Family won for Gospel Group/Soloist and Spiritual Urban Artist/Band, both for the second year in a row. That reignited a streak broken two years ago when some Christian and gospel categories were consolidated, breaking a 10-year win streak by members of the Holmes Family.

Awards stalwart Tommy Zito won two awards, for Best Keyboardist and Best Pianist. Newcomer Julie Williams also won two: Best Child Performer and Children’s Band/Soloist.